Frame It
Display your UT Arlington diploma in style. In partnership with Churchill Classics, the Alumni Association offers more than a dozen framing options for the sheepskin you worked so hard to earn. You can even customize your frame. Alumni Association members receive a 10 percent discount on frames. Visit utaalumni.org and click on “Shop” to make your selection.
Passion, Practicality Drive Nursing Graduate
Alumna Kaci Hickox takes a reasoned approach to almost everything. She’s enthusiastic about nursing, but her career choices follow a logical order. “I always felt a strong desire to work overseas with vulnerable populations, and nursing seemed to be a perfect avenue,” she says. “On top of that, I knew there was—and still is—a nursing shortage and that I would have job security.” It just […]
West Coast Mavericks
UT Arlington pride is alive and well in California. Alumni in the San Francisco area showed their Maverick spirit at a mixer hosted by the Alumni Association in March at the Brick House Café. Of the University’s more than 163,000 alumni, about 5,000 live in the Golden State. Texas is the only state that is home to more UT Arlington graduates.
Rocketing to Success
Dakeesha Wright is a numbers person. A proposal manager for Hamilton Sundstrand, a company that designs and manufactures aerospace systems for commercial, regional, corporate, and military aircraft, Wright ’03 had an affinity for math and science at an early age. “I was always good in those subjects,” she says. “I got interested in engineering in high school after taking classes at a local college.” Wright bucks […]
Day Trippers
Life is a highway, and Joe Gumm ’01 rode it straight to an Emmy with his wife and four young daughters in tow. As creator and executive producer of Traveling With the Tribe, Gumm took his family on excursions throughout Texas, highlighting vacation spots and day trips for other families. Their adventures happened in places like Twin Elm Guest Ranch in Bandera, where they rode longhorns, […]
